| 25 random things about me |
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| May 23rd|1.01am |
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music: Sending Postcards From a Plane, Wish You Were Here - Fall Out Boy
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 12:45pm
1. my name is joseph lee williams n i have an identical twin brother' i'm half black n half white .lol i have hardly any white physical characteristics tho
2. i have a million nicknames..jobear jo jo twin josie lol josephine lol thanks sarah josh n justin which ppl always assume my name is when i first tell them !
3. i absolutely love my friends. once ur my friend u pretty much make my day lol
4. i'm a relator n ppl tend to come to me with their problems. i hardly ever get mad in public.
5. i'm a nerd of course..a cool one but a nerd nonetheless
6. i love meeting new ppl randomly..i usually bump into ppl on elevators or in stores n just start talking to them... its never hard for me to make new friends
7. i have more energy than most ppl
8. now that i am in college i never go to sleep b4 2 even when i have an 8 oclock class the next day
9. i can dance my ass off
10. i love the fact that is am skinny and i am comfortable with my body the way it is. i have a super fast metabolism so its crazy hard for me to gain any kind of weight. believe me .. my twin brother weight trained and all that for 3 straight years n now hes in the navy n he only weighs about 5 to 10 lbs more than me. l i often get jealous when i see ppl skinnier than me
11. i love hbu !!! its like my second home. its really cool to see others like me who r eager to get involved
12. community service is a passion of mine
13. i freakin love ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH !!!!
14. i am a shopoholic ! anf abercrombie kids french connection american apparel AE express etc
15. my friends are my life. id like to to think i have a good judge of character. i pick my friends wisely n always see things long term others are just convenience friends lol (thao knows what i mean!)
16. hanging out with friends is always the most fun i have. playing vc or watching free movies at amc 30 thanks to christina or going to teahouse or enjoying vietnamese cuisine is always the best ! little things mean a lot to me : ]
17. the most fun i have ever had in my entire life was when i went to go see panic at the disco with bj khiry n thao ! freakin amazin road trip to austin !!!! i almost died when i got brendon urie's towel as a souvenir. omg front row !!!i don't make me relive it lol i can go on n on n on. hopefully the FOB concert will be just as great.
18. my best friends pretty much r zach n chima . my sisters from two other misters are lauren rundell n amanda wysinger.
19. RIA RIA !!! is the craziest coolest person i kno. she always makes me laugh.the last 7 years have been Hilarious
20.since i like to dress nice n am not a stereotypical black person i tend to be labeled.wigger,metrosexual, etc. but i really could care less. i am who i am n no amount of ignorancel can take that away from me.
21. i have two of the best suitemates ever ! andrew and michael r the best !
22.I'm such a victim of the mass media. even tho i kno how it works i still let it get to me. i love top 40. i love buying brand names. etc
23. i plan to be very successful in the future.
24.i miss my high school..friends and all. i hate growing apart but sometimes its best to grow as a person
25..i wrote this note in my finite math class
VC Nights !
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| Its been a while... |
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| May 17th|2.56am |
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mood:  contemplative music: My Life Would Suck Without You (Chriss Ortega Radio Edit)
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so it seems like its been forever since i have actually updated this blog lol
not since last summer .. i find that kinda crazy because i always used to be blogging my life away when i had free time. but thats the thing lol "free time" hardly exists when ur in college. it seems like there always something to do. yep i really havent had too much time since starting college and the last time i blogged i was about actually going to college lol lots of stuff has changed since then tho.
ay ya ya so i turn 20 in a few months and i ttly super old now lol wow i'm two DECADES old lol ancient. me and a few other friends are turning twenty around the same time so HUGE party i hope : ] gotta do something amazing to end my teenage years.
um well I'm up at 4 in the morning as usual doing nothing. online cuz I'm bored. reflecting on random stuff. just finished watching S. Darko which wasn't as great as Donnie Darko but it wasn't horrible like i thought. really glad it wasn't extremely predictable. I'd give it a b minus lol cuz its a good movie to watch when you're bored. so hmm what now ? summer started about a week ago for me n the other college peeps. haven't done too much but I'm getting started now. just getting settled ..moving back into my old room. yesterday kinda kicked it off lol Christina called while i was sleeping and came over lol i went out with her n thao to shop lol and *about that* ttly shouldn't have bough anything. it wasn't my intention to do so even tho i haven't shopped in a while. it just kinda happened. sorry guys lol relapse some would say i'm a recovering shopaholic lol but yeah that was a fun outing : ] went to memorial mall. did a lil public pole dancing lol thao knows :p then went to Rey's party which was quite awesome :] a great outing for everyone to get together again. saw all the fatty's lol lauren andrea thaozy. it was very nice and good clean fun as the old folks would say roflmao then woke up today n went to work. work later on today too. beach party next week !!! and pool party/get together on saturday at lauren's house.
things are coming together it seems. lol recently though I've been feeling as if i need to dedicate myself more in a buncha diff areas. First and foremost Spiritually. i had a great time going to church with Israel on the last service of the year. it was amazing. i prayed for all my friends and as i thought it did make me feel a lot better. but yeah I'm still growing spiritually and such so i'm doing a lot of searching now. I'm excited about being involved with Sunday Service next year. other than spiritually i feel that i have got to do better academically. i always do this after then end of every school year lol but i think i actually made progress this semester. i was aiming for all A's this semester but i think i pulled 3 A's and for my next two classes (not so well) but i think i will still have a 3. something GPA. i really dont know yet cuz i cant see my grades but hopefully it'll look good. but for now i need to enroll in summer classes and work on some things.
1. summer school at HCC (for free)
2. Working at Abercrombie and fitch & american eagle ? (once i get my schedule fixed)
3. Paid summer internship with INROADS
4. Get promoted at my office
5. SPB meetings and retreat
6. SOAR and Welcome Days for the incoming Freshmen
7. Vacation (Raod trip or flight to Cali with friends ! and also going to Florida to see dad n bro)
8. Scholarships (need to get a pretty decent sized one !)
9. Hopefully become a RA
I think thats all. Wish me luck and pray for me guys : ] thanks and i will be doing the same for you guys : ]
P.S. I really want this jacket !!!
i really support their cause. for more info check out http://www.twloha.com
Going all the way back to the original TWLOHA story, contrast is something we think about and talk about. My friend Kory and I aimed for it when we worked on the original (TWLOHA) Title logo three years ago. It's the reason we chose black and white. To represent pain and hope. Addiction and sobriety. Our dreams and our fears. Life and death. These odd couples and these battles seem to be everywhere - i see them on the news and i see them on the street and i feel them in my chest - and yet they tend to stay as secrets.
We're not smart enough to fake it, so from the very beginning, we decided we would just do our best to say the honest thing, to put it all in one place and say "Let's talk about it." Maybe if you're honest about the darkness in a room, maybe then you can begin to show someone the light.
We have a new hoodie. It's black and it's white and we're calling it "Contrast". We might be idealists to the point of believing that a sweatshirt be more than a sweatshirt, that what we wear can be an expression of what's important to us and the kinds of conversations we hope to have. |
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| July 16th|2.25am |
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mood: accomplished music: Thriller by FOB
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So a few things have happened since i last updated ! well me n Chima started for the y but didn’t make it that far. we were waiting for her new boyfriend to pick us up but he totally took forever. so while walking i spotted a broken fire hydrant and what else can I say ? even though we didn’t get to the y we still had our fun ! lets face it ... we were hot and the water was cold :-D this is what summer's all about ! lol Good thing i brought my camera !!!             this has been the most fun thing I’ve done all summer lol just spontaneous fun and hanging out with friends. besides that I made up with my friend. it turns out he was going thru some emotional drama and kind of took it out on me without knowing. he apologized and told me some pretty nice unbelievable things which is strange coming from him. I was glad to hear the good news. even though the night b4 I was up crying because of the hurtful things he said still hoping that he would get in contact with me the next day. as if by some miracle he actually did. I credit God for that one , obviously. I often wonder about things like that , dealing with God and whatnot. I’ve come to realized that since my grandma died I faded spiritually. I’m still pretty active but only in the sense of prayer. I don’t go to church anymore. but still God has provided for me. He's awesome ! every time I’m really in doubt or need he comes through for me. He always makes a way . Like when I applied to go to Carnegie I got in. when I applied to the Quest College Prep Scholarship I actually got it. believe it or not that was the most controversial thing I’d ever been through . Because of the way I went about it me and my mom argued so furiously ... I almost got kicked out the house. there was much doubt and ridicule even after I won the award. But as I explained in an earlier entry the end result was so worth it. my mom totally flipped her position and was extremely proud of me. i still smile whenever i see my name on that list on their homepage. or this email : Friday, April 20, 2007 Dear Joseph, Congratulations on your outstanding application for the College Prep Scholarship. We received many applications for a limited number of awards, and your qualifications distinguished you as high-achieving. As a result, we would like to extend an invitation to you to attend our QuestBridge College Preparatory Conference at Rice University on June 9, 2007. The conference will provide you with information about college application strategies, application essay writing, and financial aid. This full day event is a great opportunity to meet other College Prep Scholarship recipients, attend workshops and presentations, and visit with college representatives at our college fair. We are extending this invitation to help make you a strong applicant to a selective college. On behalf of all of the QuestBridge staff, we would like to congratulate you once again on your College Prep Scholarship award. We look forward to continuing our relationship with you as you explore your educational options. Our warmest congratulations, The QuestBridge Team yeah this opportunity was so great . it was awesome ! since then I’ve been thinking a lot about going to Yale . I really want to go there and I’ve been stressed even thinking about it . I keep thinking about the application and the job and community service part. I have to at least complete a lot of meaningful community service probably 100 or more. I have about 50 in the bank but I want to look qualified. Also idk how things will be if I have no job experience by application time . i suspect nothing much now but b4 I was extremely worried. I just want to be a great candidate for Yale and the other colleges I apply to. omg Yale would be a dream come true and this is actually something i am going to work towards from this summer on. I'm full of doubt though. I keep thinking that ppl will look at me funny for thinking I can get into Yale. that’s why i haven't really told many ppl or shy away when the topic comes up. I'm not exactly one of the most qualified ppl at my school. I don’t have a million hours of community service , I don’t have all A's, I’m not going to be Valedictorian. sure I’m qualified in a sense but there are others much more worth it if you were grabbing handfuls of ppl from school. I'm following in the footsteps of some great students who've been exceptional . standing next to them I’m mediocre. and the best of them ( that I know of ) went to Princeton . but this last year will be my best ( I’m hoping ) . I really hope I get into a great school ( hopefully Yale !!! ). I have to choose up to 8 partnering schools for ED through Questbridge . I haven't finished but so far they look like this :
1.Yale 2.Princeton 3.Stanford 4.Columbia 5.Emory 6.Vassar 7.Rice 8. Swarthmore Things are subject to change. This is just preliminary . I have a lot more research to do. And last but not least I am very happy to report that I got a 3 on both of my AP exams ( English Language and US History ). This being my first time taking them I am so happy to have passed among anything else especially since I almost did not even attempt to take my English language after my US history one. In the end I passed them both. others might have done better but I passed . that’s great news !!! |
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| Omg so much to tell ! |
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| July 11th|12.59am |
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mood:  chipper music: I write Sins Not Tragedies Live - P!@tD
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so its been a while since i last posted you can say. i havent wrote here and not even in my own journal ... thats so weird man. but yeah what has happened since i last posted. a buncha stuff ! maybe not important stuff. well i guess ill start with the latest and work my way down the ladder. so i just got a new cell phone and it has been awesome. ive been callin and texting ppl left n rite. lmao i havent really left the house in a while so tomorrow or maybe thursday i'll go to the Ymca with chima for a lil while. maybe a lil yoga , take a swim, and swing in the park ! it'll be some much needed fun. so um well i sorta just had a fight w/ a riend. hes the one im always writing about. so my bro sent him some messages and he didnt know who it was so i told him that it was my bro but my bro wrote something that made him think that i betrayed his trust so he sorta severed all ties with me. that puts it lightly.. and i apologized even tho i didn'y know what i did wrong but that didnt help, only making things worse. but the thing is i havent talked to him in three days and yet im not that bothered. i mean this is someone who i've been at ends wit trying to figure out if hes good for me or not for the last two years. i need to talk with him seriously. b4 that happened i talked to zach !!! i hadnt talked to bff zach in quite a few months ever since he left for homeschool. that last time seein him was awesome ! so yeah we talked for like 2 hours tellin each other of what we've been missing. you know catching up. but we barely scratched on the surface so now i must call him many times b4 school is here . lol yeah most of my summer has been catching up with old friends. besides that i went to the ice cream social on june 23rd. that was crazy fun. i saw a buncha old friends again including steve joey matgie lauren kristi brandon michael amanda and all the counselors. i had a lotta fun. |
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| Steadily Improving ... : -D |
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| June 11th|9.36pm |
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mood: accomplished music: The Bird and the Worm - The Used
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so since i last posted i have done a few things. i started my summer reading. lol yea i know way boring but i have to do it. actually idk if i really have to do it since i will be taking college engish next year ! thats rite !!! i talked to mi madre about it and she didnt have a problem with it. lets hope it stays that way :-D . so yeah even if i dont have to do work in my high school english class it will still be a good read. lol speakin of which i ve only read like < 10 pages in a week :-( not that ive been busy just that im gettin lazy. but anywhoooo things have escalated from just fine to excellent. one thing helped this happen : Rice Quest Scholars Conference ! at first mom was skeptical and thought that it actually was a waste of time. she said a lotta things i didnt agree w/ but what was i to do . i was still going so i guess i humored the situation. all i could do was pray that she changed her mind about the whole thing when we took the whole thing in. lol it started off funny. we were like the first there .. arriving at 6:45 to make it in time for the 7:15 registration. it was a long walk and if things did not improve mom would be reluctant to stay. luckily i read the campus map well. soon this guy came over and was lost too. still it was early and dark out especially under the shadows of the trees but he made things brighter. lol he was lookin for a way back inside the building and the door locked behind him . his grandmom was stuck inside and we all joked about her . and so we made our way to the entrance and he went off to find his grandmom. inside i registered, took my pic, and got ready. we all went to the conference room. i saw some of the ppl from the forum including Fatema and the guy who is known as timultuous vorsago who id just talked to 2 days earlier on aim. then i saw jackie and jenny and we talked for a while. we all split up and did our workshops, tours , and counseling. i was very fortunate i would think . i got to talk with all of the college board members from Yale,Emory,Stanford,Princeton,Scripps,Swarthmore,SMC,Amherst, and a whole lot more. That was a once in a lifetime thing for me. W/o this experience i would not have been able to do that.when i took a look back i realized that i had fulfilled my goals and so much more. i was more active than most there. i even got one on one from one this years winners. she really helped me. i still felt so dimwitted for not coming up with more questions but hopefully she wont look at me as one w/o that courage. i dont want to be seen as that person especially since it is not true. i really think i got to show my personality and charisma. i hope i left a great impression on everyone including the students there. hopefully the next time they see my face be it picture on my college application or otherwise they will remember it. yes the day was overwhelming but i took it in stride. at lunch i talked a lot to the student who i met earlier that morning. i was scared to at first but as soon as i made it over to him we hit it off. then a lotta other students came over n joined in. i loved it. towards the end i met up with the Yale rep . he really stated some great things and i left knowing that i wanted to go there. think about it .... YALE !!! me at YALE ! that would be so great !!! for everyone actually. i stayed up all night thinking about it and when i fell asleep i dreamed about it. now Yale is where i aspire to be. i have doubts but if by some miracle i do get in i would just be sooooooooo very very happy times a billion trillion. and for me to even have a chance to get in makes me elated. b4 the conference i only thought of going to University of Miami or quite possibly a state school despite my wanting to leave texas badly. Yale would be a great new start. so now i am really focusing on getting there. its is my dream now and by december i will know if it had been fulfilled. hopefully i will. |
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| December 9th|9.15am |
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so this past week has been somewhat weird. i guess
maybe not. but ive done a lotta thinkin. um on moday we had this blood drive and i signed up. i met the requirements. throut it all i got pretty nervous cuz so many ppl said it made them queasy or faint. so my time came and they called me outa class. i talked to rogellio and celina . they were just as scared as me. me nd rogellio gave blood at like the same time. we smiled lookin over at each other not exactly knowin how to feel but yeah we got thru it and u know what ? it wasnt that bad. i just kept thinkin that i saved three lives today ! and that always made the day seem so much better. |
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| mos awesome ♥ |
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| July 19th|11.32am |
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mood: cheerful
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i recently got this live journal . when school starts an in my free time i'll start writing here includin postin sum old stuff. here's something that's important to me tho.
zach said this stuff : )
for sure i'm staying till i graduate so u r one of my BEST FRIENDS. hope we have classes together next year
1. Who are you? Zach
2. Are we friends? damn skippy
3. When and how did we meet? school!!!
4. How have I affected you? idk in a good way?
5. What do you think of me? one super cool dude
6. What's the fondest memory you have of me?
any day in chemistry
7. How long do you think we will be friends? long ass time
8. Do you love me? as my homie
9. Do you have a crush on me? nope
10. Would you kiss me? nope SORRY? lol
11. Would you hug me? sure
12. Physically, what stands out? ur big head... lol 13. Emotionally, what stands out? kindness cept to RIA but i'm guilty of that too
14. Do you wish I was cooler? ur too cool already
15. On a scale of 1-10, how hot am I? 10 fo sho
16. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. -- uh jojo cuz that's what i call you
17. Am I loveable? in a retarded sort of way lol
18. How long have you known me? almost a year
19. Describe me in one word. SUPERB
20. What was your first impression? he's cool
21. Do you still think that way about me now? still but in my coolest homie sort of way
22. What do you think my weakness is? antoine lol
23. Do you think I'll get married? if that makes you happy
24. What makes me happy? laughter and makin fun of ria with me
25. What makes me sad? not makin fun of ria
26. What reminds you of me? makin fun of ria
27. If you could give me anything what would it be? swift kick in tha ass since i haven't seen you since school
28. How well do you know me?pretty good
29. When's the last time you saw me? LAST DAY OF SCHOOL :(
30. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't? not really
31. Do you think I could kill someone? no never jojo
32. What is something you would change about me? NOTHING!!!
33. Do you miss me? sure
34. Do you think i miss you? no duh!!!
35. Are you going to put this on your myspace and see what I say about you? no but i'm gonna comment on ur myspace with it tho so you CAN COMMENT BACK!!! |
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